Far-right protesters storm French mosque

Dozens of far-right extremists have stormed the construction site of a mosque in western France to show their hostility toward it and denounce immigration that has brought millions of Muslims into the country.

Regional prefect Yves Dassonville said about 70 protesters traveled from around France for Saturday morning’s demonstration in the city of Poitiers.

He said the protesters, convened by a group called “Coordination Identitaire,” brandished banners, scaled the roof, and carried tents and electric generators for the protest starting shortly before dawn. Muslim leaders said they disrupted a prayer in the still-unfinished building.

Dassonville said that after police arrived, the protesters dispersed without resistance. Three were detained to face accusations of “incitement of racial hatred” and damage to property.

The banner hung from the roof of the mosque carries the slogan “732 Génération Identitaire”, a reference to the year 732 when Charles Martel stopped the advance of Muslim troops north of Poitiers at the Battle of Tours. A statement by the far-right organisation who organised the occupation can be consulted here.

So individuals scaling walls, protesting, & vandalizing is “hate?” isn’t that what most Muslim countries were doing to the American embassies? Including burning American flags & replacing them with the black Islamic flag?

//Nadia 22 October 2012 at 6:13 pm

It did not say they vandalized it, they simply took the building in protest then they left. I guess we could ask the question: “What if they were Muslim”